Georgia Senate Bill 255 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: Passed on April 12 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-06-03 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to debtor and creditor, so as to modernize, reorganize, and provide constitutional protections in garnishment proceedings; to provide for definitions; to provide for an affidavit and summons of garnishment, contents, and procedure for garnishment; to provide for property being subject to and exempt from garnishment; to provide for a defendant's and third party's claim and plaintiff's traverse and the procedure for claims and traverses; to provide for procedures only applicable to financial institutions; to provide for and require the use of certain forms for garnishment proceedings; to amend Code Sections 44-7-50 and 53-12-80 of the O.C.G.A., relating to demand for possession and spendthrift provisions, respectively, so as to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Garnishment Proceedings; modernize, reorganize, and provide constitutional protections

Sen. Jesse Stone [R]	Sen. Charlie Bethel [R]	Sen. Francis Millar [R]	Sen. John Albers [R]
Sen. William Ligon [R]	Sen. Burt Jones [R]	Rep. Wendell Willard [R]

2016-03-24 - House - House Vote #839 (Y: 174 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-24 - Senate - Senate Vote #779 (Y: 45 N: 2 NV: 7 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - Senate - Senate Vote #443 (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-03		Effective Date
2016-04-12		Act 325
2016-04-12	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2016-03-31	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2016-03-24	Senate	Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2016-03-24	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2016-03-24	House	House Third Readers
2016-03-22	House	House Postponed
2016-03-15	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2016-02-18	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2016-02-16	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2016-02-11	House	House Second Readers
2016-02-10	House	House First Readers
2016-02-09	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2016-02-09	Senate	Senate Third Read
2016-02-04	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2016-02-03	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2016-01-12	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2015-12-30	Senate	Senate Prefiled
2015-12-30	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47271
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/154182
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/154287
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/156314
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/156904
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/156911
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/160676
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/162341
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47271#13910
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47271#14575
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/47271#14626